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Definition of aeonian :
Eternal; everlasting.
Synonyms:
constant, perpetual, perfect, sodding, interminable, unremitting, gross, staring, pure, unadulterated, eonian, endless, immortal, unending, ageless, thoroughgoing, consummate, lasting, unceasing, double-dyed, complete, arrant, utter, eternal, stark, everlasting, incessant, ceaseless, never-ending
Usage examples:
- To suppose that there is a mysterious power which breaks a little fraction off each of the bioplasts of which we are asserted to be the sum; that having collected these fractions it arranges them all in the right order within the compass of a single germ, and from that germ reproduces the parent organism, is an hypothesis compared with which the creation of the world in its entirety six thousand years ago, including the fossils and remains of aeonian civilizations, is lucid and intelligible. - "The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)", George Tyrrell.
- If the days of Genesis mean indefinite periods of aeonian duration, how is the seventh day of rest to be understood? - "Creation and Its Records", B.H. Baden-Powell.
- His soul had moved amid similar evocations in some aeonian past, whence now the sand was being cleared away. - "Four Weird Tales", Algernon Blackwood.